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Attacks on civil liberties blasted
Watson slams ‘sinister’ Freedom of Information review
DAVID CAMERON’S underhand attempts to scrap transparency laws and stifle opposition makes Margaret Thatcher’s legacy look liberal, Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said yesterday.
Mr Watson savaged the Prime Minister’s “fundamentally illiberal” assault on a raft of rights used to keep the government in check.
In a speech at London’s Southbank Centre, the civil rights champion demanded the government drop its “sinister” review of the Freedom of Information Act.
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